Press-Release

June 2010

Marshall ACM, an online training company and eLearning consultancy, has partnered with Upside Learning to deliver training programmes to its customers across the globe through UpsideLMS. UpsideLMS, a winner of 3 Brandon Hall Awards for Excellence in Learning Technology, is a fully web-based, multilingual, feature-rich, SCORM and AICC compliant Learning Management System (LMS) from Upside Learning.

We were looking for a robust, easy-to-use and a scalable LMS platform that could handle our existing as well as new customers and, UpsideLMS seemed to be the best solution. The customisation features and support provided by Upside Learning made it easier for us to switch to a new system smoothly and, concentrate on managing our core business better.

David MarshallFounder and CEOMarshall ACM

Being an online training company, having a system with a high level of reliance, availability and technical support was of critical importance to Marshall ACM in order for them to deliver flexible and robust customer service to clients. Upside LMS not only addressed these requirements effectively, but also provided customisation options with extensive re-branding features, enabling Marshall ACM’s administrator to setup new sites for the customers inline with their company branding.

UpsideLMS’ standard version’s 3-tier organisation - Site Manager, Client Manager (for each account portal created) and a Learner profile, fitted very well to MACM’s needs where an account portal was setup for each new customer and the MACM administrator got access to the Site Manager area.

“We have vast experience in delivering Learning Management Systems that are designed and developed specifically for training companies. We are sure that UpsideLMS will be able to deliver on Marshall ACM’s expectations and cater to their growing training management needs,”said Amit Gautam, Director of Technology Solutions at Upside Learning.

About Marshall ACM

Marshall ACM was launched in 2002 by David Marshall, formerly Head of Research at Penna Consulting. Now, over 230 public and private sector organisations use its online diversity training. Marshall ACM is an established leader in its field.

Based in Southwark, in the heart of London, Marshall ACM offers a friendly and flexible service that's focused on quality, speed and innovation. It works with clients throughout the UK and increasingly internationally.

Marshall ACM has been using a custom developed LMS to support its eLearning for its large number of customers and increasingly it was posing technical and support challenges. eLearning courses were tightly coupled with the LMS and each page of the course was being served from the database as most old-age LMS used to do. Moreover the lack of SCORM and AICC compliance also posed challenged to scale up and host a variety of eLearning for the customers.